Support Our Site
Get Better Gear!
- Akron’s TAB802 Table Mount For iPad Is Sturdy from Akron, US$99.95
- Dinosaurs Roar to Life on the iPad with Stephen Fry from M58959 Studios, US$14.95
- Poldera’s iKeep Holds Your iPhone Close from Poldera LLC, US$19.99
- Mediadevil’s Easyscreen Screen iPad Protector Is Unusual from Mediadevil, £16.97 (US$22.09)
- ecodock Brings a High-Tech Megaphone to the iPhone 4 & 4S from K-Array, US$19.95
Top 5 Free Apps
iTunes New Music Releases
Top 5 Paid Apps
Discover New Music
- Phish
- This quasi-concept album (the only of its kind) from these Vermonters finally showcased their ability to convey a message with a studio album, whereas previously they only succeeded in doing so live.
- Rush
- We all know it, right? Well, ya just gotta have it. 2112 finally showed Rush out on their own, doing their own thing, and doing it well, IMHO.
- Alanis Morissette
- Ten years after the original release, comes the traditional celebratory acoustic re-recording. The album has held up remarkably well. While it is not as meaningful to me as it was when I was sixteen,
- The Strokes
The Strokes set the music world on fire with this 2001 album, with headlines declaring that the New York band was here to save Rock and Roll. While the band hasn't made as much of a splash since t
- Cake
Pressure Chief, Cake's latest album, didn't immediately grab me. In fact, it took perhaps half a dozen listens before I started truly enjoying it. Any
Reader Specials
Visit Deals On The Web for the best deals on all consumer electronics, iPods, and more!
News
Newspaper Columnist Praises DVD Jon, Disparages "iPod Silliness"
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 at 2:00 PM - by Bryan Chaffin
Columnist Dr. Emilio Bombay has praised Jon "DVD Jon" Johansen for his new company's technology that allows non-Apple DRM-controlled songs to be played on an iPod. Writing in his Fort Worth Star-Telegram column, Dr. Bombay "doffed his chapeau" to Mr. Johansen for allowing other download services to bypass the "bloodsuckers of Cupertino." In the same column, he continued an earlier rant about "this whole iPod silliness," calling iPod users who had written in about an earlier rant "little crybabies."
It should be noted that the style of all of Dr. Bombay's columns appear to be sensationalized and rant-oriented, and on October 23rd he railed against those that choose to "isolate" themselves from the world by listening to their iPods in public. In that rant, he threatened to, "rip the device from your person, hurl it to the ground in a startling fit of rage and attempt to grind it into its component molecules with the golf shoes I wear for just such an eventuality."
He continued, "I may, depending on my particular chemical balance at that instant, then attempt to rub your face into the residue until it is no more than a bloody pulp. I may or may not pose your corpse in an embarrassing position. We'll just have to see."
Shockingly enough, he received a variety of hate mail from iPod fans, and in Wednesday's follow up, he effected a show of surprised disdain for that hate-mail.
"Oooooh," he wrote, "you iPod weenies are so-o-o-o-o sensitive! When you read last week's column, correctly suggesting that this whole iPod silliness has gotten way out of hand, did you cry? Did you cry, little babies? Did you? Oh, boo hoo hoo hoo hoo! I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry. Not."
Thanks to TMO member mrmgraphics for the heads up on the column in the TMO forums.
Recent Headlines
- Microsoft Echos Apple’s Call for FRAND Standards
- Air Force Might Replace Manuals with 18,000 iPads
- Vonage Mobile for iPhone Offers Free Texting, Calls
- iPhone App Path Uploads User Contact Lists to Servers [Update]
- Akron’s TAB802 Table Mount For iPad Is Sturdy
- Paul McCartney to Stream Live Performance on iTunes, Apple TV
- Sprint Activates 1.8M iPhones, 40% are New Customers















Post Your Comments